NGBT Logo Ministère de L'Environnement
Banque Nationale de Gènes

Welcome!
Welcome to the GR Database of The National Genebank of Tunisia.


Taxon:  Cissus quadrangularis L.



Summary
Genus:
Cissus
Family:
Vitaceae
Subfamily:
Vitoideae
Nomen number:
10622
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 12, 2:124; Mant. pl. 1:39 ("quadrangulus"). 1767
Comment:
  • published simultaneously, but with variant spellings
  • spelling of ed. 12 retained in ed. 13
Verified:
11/14/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight

No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. 1993
  3. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968 Note: "quadrangula"
  4. Beetle, A. A. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31. 1970
  5. Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. Florae siamensis enumeratio. 1925-1962
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  7. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 Note: "quadrangula"
  8. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. Flora zambesiaca. 1960- http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
  9. Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
  10. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. 2003
  11. Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands. 1999-
  12. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
  13. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  14. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
  15. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976 Note: "quadrangula"
  16. Lombardi, J. A. 2000. Vitaceae: Generos Ampelocissus, Ampelopsis, e Cissus. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 80:153. http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
  17. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  18. Matthew, K. M. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. 1983
  19. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  20. Merxmüller, H., ed. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika. 1966-1972
  21. Mohamad, A. L. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  22. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  23. Robyns, W. et al., eds. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. 1948-63
  24. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. Flora of Hassan district. 1976
  25. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. Flora of India. 1993-
  26. Shetty, B. V. & P. Singh. 1988. The Vitaceae in Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Taxon 37:172. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  27. Thulin, M., ed. Flora of Somalia. 1993-
  28. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
  29. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
Common names
English
veldt-grape –
winged treebine –
Swedish
kantcissus –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia (s.w.), Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
  • NORTH INDIAN OCEAN: India [Andaman and Nicobar (s. Andaman Islands)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
vegetable (fide Cornucopia; A. Latiff Mohamad, pers. comm. 1996) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; F Neotrop 80:153.) –


NGBT Plant Germplasm System Distribution Policy

Plant germplasm is distributed to scientists, educators, producers and other bona fide research and education entities from National genebank of Tunisia active collection sites. The NGBT Curator and/or Research Leader will, in accordance with current NPGS policies and procedures, determine the legitimacy of a request when necessary.

Distributions to fulfill requests for repatriation of subsamples of germplasm collections to a country or community of origin, especially following natural or man-made catastrophes, are considered a high priority.

Although distributions for research, education, and repatriation are of the highest priority, the NPGS also encourages various seed-saver organizations and public gardens to conduct germplasm conservation activities that engage many individuals and groups throughout the country. Elements of the NPGS cooperate with seed-saver organizations and public gardens and may store germplasm for and distribute germplasm to such organizations.

Distribution of germplasm from NPGS collections to fulfill requests from individuals seeking free germplasm strictly for home use is generally considered an inappropriate use of limited resources and conflicts with U.S. Government policy of not competing with commercial enterprises. Requestors can be asked, in an appropriate manner, to justify the use of specific NPGS germplasm instead of suitable commercially available germplasm.

Accessions listed in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) database as “not available” due to insufficient or low viability seed and/or scheduled for regeneration will generally not be available for distribution.

Other accessions are listed in GRIN as “not available” because they are not a part of the NPGS collection per se, but are conserved in NPGS genebanks to meet specific needs as described later in the section entitled “Categories of Germplasm Distributed and Availability.” In this category are certain accessions of improved germplasm that are only available from the owner/developer. Other accessions require that specific conditions be met by the requestor before distribution is possible.

NPGS sites will not distribute germplasm internationally when they cannot comply with the importation or quarantine requirements of the recipient country unless the requestor can provide a valid waiver of such requirements.